Water gage or meter.



L. BUMPER E.

GAGE 0E CH u MOYA/55555 L. C. HUHERY.

` WATER GAGE 0T, METER.

WLIGATIOH FILED APR. 19. 1912.

SHEETS-SHEET 2A melf minhrej UCHER' C. Ol? JEROME.

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IDAHO.

TFITER GAGE 0R METER.

To all fwfzom vit may concern Be it known that l, LUTHER C. HUM- nnnn'f,a citizen of the United States. resid ing at Jerome, in the county ot'Lincoln and rit-ate ot claho, hare invented certain new anduseful.Improvements in Water Gag-en or Meters; and l (lo herebyr declarethe tollowing to he a full. clear. and exact (lecription oftheinvention, such ne' will enable othersl skilled in the art to whichit appertauins to make and use the saine.

My invention relates` to nenand useful improre'mente in water gages andmore particularly to a. gage adapted to he need in irrigation work ytoshowl the amount of water passing over a gate or through a ditch.

The objeet of my invention is to provide a convenient and economicaldevice for measuring and antornatieall5*Y indicating the amounty ofWater passing through an irrigntion ditch.

if. rniing loy irrigation is comparativel)r n nenY business, but, israpidly assuming rast proportions and many farmers, though ignorant ofthe science of irrigation, are heginning to develop irrigated farms. TheGovernment has estelishecl several experimental. farms, Where the amountol water neeessery to Secure the'bent results for clitferent crops' isbeing determined, lt a common error of inexperiencedinen to use tooInnoh Water in irrigation forbest crop results. fis the experts' uponthe experimental farms Controlled h vl the. Government ascertain theproper quantity ow'ater lo use information is pnblhherl and it thereforehecorneg -very important that the turnihave a convenient nie-.ins formeasuring the water fio ring upon their fields in order Yto properlymake use of the information gained hy the experience oi the tlmfernment@Xpert/s. l

Economy in the use ot' water very iniportant in many dist-riots wherethe Water supply is scantand it is desired. to serre as large an acreagepossible, and the nseot y my inventionwill very materially aid in the ieconomical use of water.

En the accompanying (lraningn. `lhare shown the preferred forni which myinvention may take.

n Sai.; tirar/ir frs. Figur i" iza perspective 'rien'. ,eliowizgKJ myinvention as :applied use in a niain or lateral ditch7 portionsI of fuedevice heinf lirolen away. i? is a horizontal sectional 'rien' as seen.Specification of Letters Patent..

Application nica fxpril 19, 11.9112, Serial Efo. S/la.

line Fig. l, Fig. Sie a perspective rien' showing nij' invention asapplied. to use in an ordinary division hex. 4 is an elevation showingthe preterrerl form olf .indicating device. and. Eig. 5 is a top planView of the device shown in Fig. 4.

Referring to Ithe drawings. in: which similar reference numeralsdesignate corresponding parts thronghhnt the several views. Q aframework adapted to lie placed in' an irrigating ditchysalicltrainework having channel Stripe secured upon one eide thereof to 'tornirei-tical n'. Vsitor the reception of a rertil'cal mor-able gate The`shown' in Figs. 1 and 2, is provided with an opening 5 therein. throughwhich then'ater in the irrigatingz clitchif;1 adapted to pass. The gale4 isi'provillell upon one Side with vertirallj.7 extending.)` aelrs noperating shaft T extends horizontally or' the framework and i5jonrnaled near its ends in suitable hearing@y S. Rifridlgv secured tosaid .shaft 'l' are gearsy 'which inesh with the rin-lo; (3 and hr meansot' which the gate maxy he raised or lowered. as desired. ln order thatthe shaft' T may he rotated. l secure to one ond thereof a handle l0.ythe sha'l l' also has rigidlv secured thereon a ratchet ll. whichisnorninllj.' engaged hy a pawl l2. secured to one ot' the brachenl S.said parrl norinallr prew` renting' rotation of said shaft in onedir'lhe't'orin ot' grate .inst dcxcriherl is particularly' .lesirahleior use in main dilehenfor large lateral ditches Where a con- ;illeralle flow oi' water orclH'S. I 4

'ihe gate sliown in higs. $5. -l and has an opening thereinr ,'lhin gatein preten ahh' formed of sheet inetnl which nxn; he slili'enexl hyitohlingor rolling the upper edite. as sho'rfn. and also the lower edge,iii" desired, the. rolled edge also formingr a con'- renient handle fortnovingjgl the gale up or down in adjusting; it to he rleff-xiredheight. This gate, which preteiahly ot light con ,Qt-camion. is used inirrigatingr ditches wher onliY a small trioir oi" miler occurs.

ernred to the gate l upon the innin ditch l Hide thereof. is the curedto said hase 13 if a iioat cylinder hase lfi oi" Inj-r gage.

which is open aty ne lower end so that the rratcr in the main ihtfh n.Ahe l-i i" a height equal tot )r l ing; said {loat c height of the waterinI he a ttecl'ed by the rush or

